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ICON 2023 Q&A: Talking Crisis Communications With Amazon’s Barbara Agrait

PRSay

16, she shared her international perspective to students in a session titled “Diverse Roots, Universal Impact: Humanizing Reputation and Crisis Communications.” ” Beforehand, Agrait talked with PRsay about crisis management. You should do trainings, mock [crisis situations] and exercises.

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5 Steps to Becoming a Crisis Communication Pro

Melissa Agnes

Can any organization be a crisis communication pro? Being crisis-ready, crisis-intelligent, isn’t a mysterious quality that only a few people or organizations possess. So what would it take for your organization, your team, to be considered a crisis communication pro? Absolutely, why not?

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5 Solos Share How They Deal With a Client Crisis

Solo PR Pro

There’s a whole community of like minded people you can lean on. 5 solo PR pros advise on crisis communications. This month, we asked our panel of solo PR pros to share how they deal with a client crisis. When it comes to helping clients through a crisis situation, my biggest piece of advice is to slow down.

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State of Crisis Communications and Social Media from a Professor’s Perspective

Waxing UnLyrical

Social media and crisis communications has become one of the fastest growing areas of both practice and research for today’s communication landscape. Additionally, “over half of respondents (52%) feel that the benefits of using social media as a crisis communications tool outweigh the risks” (page 4).

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Discovering the Roadmap in Teaching Social Media

Deirdre Breakenridge

I remember thinking how wonderful it would be if there was a book that provided not only additional resources on how we can create assignments, exercises, or exercises, but really showed you what you need to know to teach social media. This class is unlike others in PR, Marketing, and even Advertising classes.

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Does Your Crisis Scenario Plan Need Some Love?

Cision

A few years ago, many of us would not have envisioned a world where Twitter, Facebook Live and large-scale community gatherings would have such an impact on the way crises develop. Yet, this is our world today and our “new normal” as communicators and crisis management teams. One day this will not be a drill. Share it! .

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The To-Do List for Every New Corporate Communications Manager

Prakkypedia

It all addresses the questions: who do you need to communicate to + how? Who’s authorised to speak to community groups and the wider public? Is there a crisis communications plan? What happens during a crisis? Who do you communicate with and how? Is there a spokesperson policy?

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